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Matthew R. Ballard

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September 7, 2019 Matthew Ballard
Elm Park, North of Medina, Was Popular Picnic Retreat

Vol. 5, No. 35 Occasionally, I receive notes from readers about suggested article topics of local interest. A few months ago, a copy of several Medina postcards arrived at my…

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Overlooked Orleans on Elm Park, North of Medina, Was Popular Picnic Retreat
August 31, 2019 Matthew Ballard
Clarendon Farmer Served as Substitute for Barre Resident During Civil War

Vol. 5, No. 34 Received as part of a recent donation, this undated photograph of Samuel Perkins was carefully slid into the pages of the Joiner family album from Barre,…

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Overlooked Orleans on Clarendon Farmer Served as Substitute for Barre Resident During Civil War
August 24, 2019 Matthew Ballard
Medina’s Empire Couch Company

Vol. 5, No. 33 One of Medina’s most prosperous businesses during the early portion of the 20th century was the Empire Couch Company established by Earl Card and Walter Marvin…

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Overlooked Orleans on Medina’s Empire Couch Company
August 17, 2019 Matthew Ballard
Reynolds & Flintham Furniture and Undertaking

Vol. 5, No. 32 One of Orleans County’s oldest funeral homes is likely that of Merrill-Grinnell, which dates well beyond the 1870s. This image shows two predecessors to the current…

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Overlooked Orleans on Reynolds & Flintham Furniture and Undertaking
August 8, 2019 Matthew Ballard
Denio Became University of Rochester’s First Female Faculty Member

Vol. 5, No. 31 Last weekend’s tour of Mt. Albion Cemetery focused on notable “movers and shakers” from Orleans County, including Dr. Elizabeth Denio. Elizabeth Harriet Denio was born to…

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Overlooked Orleans on Denio Became University of Rochester’s First Female Faculty Member

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